‘Paro Sang Dev’ actress Jahnavi Soni reflects on the importance of mental health: “Using the word depression sends wrong vibrations”

Mental health is a topic that has always grabbed attention. Though a lot of effort has been made to create awareness about it, people are still afraid to admit their issues. Paro Sang Dev actress Jahnavi Soni believes that when someone knows their mental health is not well, they should start looking for solutions instead of just talking about it.She said, “Mental health is a fundamental part of well-being. But my own point of view is that we should talk about mental health, but we should not talk about depression again and again. I mean, if a person is depressed and keeps saying again and again, ‘I am in depression,’ that will not bring any solution. It will only keep them in that same state of depression.”“We should talk about mental health, but I don’t like using the word ‘depression.’

Because if you keep saying ‘I am depressed,’ that also sends wrong vibrations and wrong frequency to your mental state. Instead of that, if you realize or come to know that yes, I am going through depression, then you should immediately look for a solution,” she added.She feels people should start doing things that make them feel better and focus on the things that are good in their lives.She shared that she wants to feel comfortable telling people when she is not okay; however, she added, “The reason I don’t tell is not because it’s something bad or small or that I will feel small by saying it — not at all.

It’s just that I don’t want to give too much attention to it. I only want to focus on things that lift my mental state higher.”Whenever Jahnavi is feeling low, she closes her eyes and starts counting all the blessings that God has given her. She added, “Automatically, the frequency changes from low to high, and I start feeling better. I know that sometimes we all feel depressed, but it shouldn’t happen too often. It’s okay if once or twice a month you feel low about something — that’s normal.

But if it happens more often, then we need to work on ourselves.

”She believes that people should meditate and indulge in self-love. She added, “When you eat well, exercise, and dress nicely, you automatically start loving yourself. And obviously, that helps you come out of feeling low naturally.”She further said, “Sometimes, small things trigger you, and suddenly your mood drops, and you start feeling low. But I feel it’s not a bad day.

I don’t call my entire day bad because of one small thing. I believe that every day is a good day — a very good day. One small incident can’t make the whole day bad.”She stressed that people should become mentally strong enough that no situation, whether small or big, can make them depressed. She added, “There are certain things in life that have no solution or can’t be explained or advised about. But still, we all know that we have to move forward.

We can’t stop there, holding onto one feeling. For that, we should do a little meditation and spend time with our close friends.”She mentioned that friends and family play an important role in this. She said, “When family is with you, you feel good because everyone shares their journey and tries to understand each other, and that’s very important in society. In society, there are so many families who make you happy just by seeing them; they celebrate every little festival together, and that togetherness makes you feel good and safe.”Recently, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also emphasized creating environments where mental health conversations become “mainstream.” Sharing her thoughts on this, she said, “Even I want my friends, if they ever feel like this, to easily share it with me, and I will try my best to help them come out of that feeling of depression. There are many ways — we can sing together, jam together, dance together, and come out of that state.

And no matter what happens, even if you reach zero in life, if you have that inner spirit, you can rise again.”